Susan Brokensha
Biographic Data
| ID | 3542223 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Brokensha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Brokensha |
| SIGNATURE | BROKENSHA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Free State |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6166-3981 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Developing an open educational resource (oer) for generative ai in higher education
The launch of generative AI marked a significant technological disruption, compelling industries, including higher education, to rapidly adapt. This study explores the University of the Free State's (UFS) interdisciplinary project initiated in 2023 to develop an open educational resource (OER) focused on generative AI. The OER aims to provide a comprehensive guide for educators and institutions to responsibly and effectively implement AI-driven e…
The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for decolonising education in South Africa through the development of indigenous languages
Despite having 12 officially recognised languages (with the addition of South African Sign Language on 3 May 2023), South Africa’s education system is becoming increasingly monolingual. The current article makes the case for employing artificial intelligence (AI) to improve multilingualism in South Africa, with specific reference to the educational context. The article discusses the value of first language education, particularly in the context o…
AI in and for Africa
I did not know that there were problems”
The travesty of the Life Esidimeni project in South Africa, which claimed the lives of 144 mental health users at psychiatric facilities in Gauteng between 2016 and 2017, is multifaceted. One facet involves strategies of blame avoidance designed to escape liability for the deaths that were expressed by the former Member of the Executive Council for Health and other public health officials during the Life Esidimeni Arbitration Hearings. These hear…
(In)civility and online deliberation
Reacting to an increase in gratuitous racist and sexist comments made by readers in response to online articles, media outlets in South Africa have begun closing down their comments sections, an action that has been repeated many times over across the globe. After a particularly abusive tirade against a young women who wrote an article about being black in Cape Town, Independent Media established an advisory panel in 2014 to investigate the natur…
Reconfiguring race in the online interactions of South African undergraduates
A central tenet of discourse analysis is that while authors can employ multiple textual devices to influence the interpretations that readers draw, the outcome of the meaning-making process is mediated by pre-existing discursive frames, which readers draw upon during the process. By examining readers’ reactions to texts that confront them with difficult knowledge, insights can be gleaned into the underlying frames that structure readers’ response…
No small irony
This article aims to contribute to the existing literature on irony and printed news media by analysing the former's rhetoric function in political cartoons pertaining to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A sample of cartoons by the South African cartoonist Zapiro was collected and analysed in terms of Partington's (2007) model for irony in news media. Partington (2007) approaches irony as a method to express criticism. Therefore, specific attention was p…
(In)civility and online deliberation
Reacting to an increase in gratuitous racist and sexist comments made by readers in response to online articles, media outlets in South Africa have begun closing down their comments sections, an action that has been repeated many times over across the globe. After a particularly abusive tirade against a young women who wrote an article about being black in Cape Town, Independent Media established an advisory panel in 2014 to investigate the natur…
No small irony
This article aims to contribute to the existing literature on irony and printed news media by analysing the former's rhetoric function in political cartoons pertaining to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A sample of cartoons by the South African cartoonist Zapiro was collected and analysed in terms of Partington's (2007) model for irony in news media. Partington (2007) approaches irony as a method to express criticism. Therefore, specific attention was p…
Reconfiguring race in the online interactions of South African undergraduates
A central tenet of discourse analysis is that while authors can employ multiple textual devices to influence the interpretations that readers draw, the outcome of the meaning-making process is mediated by pre-existing discursive frames, which readers draw upon during the process. By examining readers’ reactions to texts that confront them with difficult knowledge, insights can be gleaned into the underlying frames that structure readers’ response…
(In)civility and online deliberation
Reacting to an increase in gratuitous racist and sexist comments made by readers in response to online articles, media outlets in South Africa have begun closing down their comments sections, an action that has been repeated many times over across the globe. After a particularly abusive tirade against a young women who wrote an article about being black in Cape Town, Independent Media established an advisory panel in 2014 to investigate the natur…
I did not know that there were problems”
The travesty of the Life Esidimeni project in South Africa, which claimed the lives of 144 mental health users at psychiatric facilities in Gauteng between 2016 and 2017, is multifaceted. One facet involves strategies of blame avoidance designed to escape liability for the deaths that were expressed by the former Member of the Executive Council for Health and other public health officials during the Life Esidimeni Arbitration Hearings. These hear…
The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for decolonising education in South Africa through the development of indigenous languages
Despite having 12 officially recognised languages (with the addition of South African Sign Language on 3 May 2023), South Africa’s education system is becoming increasingly monolingual. The current article makes the case for employing artificial intelligence (AI) to improve multilingualism in South Africa, with specific reference to the educational context. The article discusses the value of first language education, particularly in the context o…
AI in and for Africa
Developing an open educational resource (oer) for generative ai in higher education
The launch of generative AI marked a significant technological disruption, compelling industries, including higher education, to rapidly adapt. This study explores the University of the Free State's (UFS) interdisciplinary project initiated in 2023 to develop an open educational resource (OER) focused on generative AI. The OER aims to provide a comprehensive guide for educators and institutions to responsibly and effectively implement AI-driven e…
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)